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APPLICATION FILED OUT-.12, 1906.

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F HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

EASY ACCOUNT-KEPEB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 12, 1906. Serial No. 338,675.

Patented Jan.l 29, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, GEORGE T. PINE, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Huntington, county of Cabell, State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements'in Easy ccount-Keepers, of which the following is a full and clear specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 41 represents a perspective view of the cabinet I employ in carryin out my method of bookkeeping; Fig. 2, aIongitudinal sectional view of the account-holders; Fig. 3, a face view of aportion of one of the pages of the book; Fig. 4, a transverse sec- Fig. 5, a detail View of one end of the back of the book, showing thear- *rangement of hinges; Fig. a detail perstop or-clamp for holding the individual aca book-like account-holder A.

spective View of counts, and Fig. .7 a detail view of a slidable counts in place.

The object of this invention is to provide means whereby ordinary store accounts may be kept without employing the usual accounts.'

books, thereby resulting in great saving of expense in the mateterof books and also a great saving in labor, as more fully hereinafter set forth. Referring to the drawings annex ed' by reference characters, A designatesl the top of the cabinet-or desk, which is provided centrally with a depression for the reception of At each side of the depression or division-channel is arranged a small drawer a, which may be used for general purposes, and below these drawers is a large drawer B for the reception of an extra account-holder or the detachable individual-account books C.

The account-holder consists of a series of leaf-like frames D, hinged together at their back edges by means of hinges b and aand a long pintle-rod d, all the leaves being preferably hinged to a single rod, as shown,

whereby the account-holder can be opened out in the manner of a `board plates of framework for the plates D2.

5s rods E, which are supported in. the side out of the depression in the desk.

Each leaf is an open frame provided with longitudinal -wood or metal strips D', in which are supported sheet-metal or bristol- D2, the strips D forming -a sort Extending across each face of each leaf is a series of one of the individual ac `thereby hold the same lso that the book or book after it is lifted.

strips of the frame and also in the intermediate strips D. a. series of spring-clamps F, each being preferably constructed of va single pieceof wire bent into U form and having its extremities coiled around the-rod'at F, theendsf being extended upward beyond the rod a short dis. tance and caused to bear upon the adjacent face of theplate. Withthisconstruction, the wire bein U part o 'the' Wire formsv a broad springclamp, lwhich serves to detachably clamp thev individual-account books C 'in place.

Additional. means for holding the accountsk vin place being provided in the shape of stops G, which are made of spring-metaland are detachably and rictionally held upon'the intermediate strips D', so as to be ca able -of being pushed upward against the ower endvv of the cover of the account-book to in place. As shown in Fig. 3, the upper edge of the cover ofx the account-book bears package is removabl held in place on the face of the leaf-like frame between the ribs D.

against the lingers f,-`

Mounted on these rods isj 'of'coursejofja resilient nature, the

It is obvious that the frames as Well as the .p

plates of the leaf-like members may be made of anyV suitable material Without. de arting from my invention, and it is obvious a so that one or more of these books may be kept on hand, according to the size of the business they are to be used in. Theleaves of the book may of course be indexed in any suitable manner.

The individual accounts consist each of a. l

cover g, carryinga pair of iling-pins h, and when the cover is put in place, as previously described, the front part of the cover is folded backand around underneath the back' cover-piece, as shownirvn Fig. 6, the Illingins extending u wardly at a point 'just beoW the'rodE. hen a suliicient number of account-slips has vaccumulated in one account, (theslips being of course filed on the pins h insuccession,) the book thus formed is removed, the front cover brought over upon the pins, the pins then bent down upon the cover, thereby fastening all the slips of that one account together. If desirable, the pins h may be formed of a single piece of wire, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, the looped portion lying on the face of the back coverpiece. It is desirable that there shall be a surplus of wire in the looped portion, so that when the account is complete thepins mayV IOO lengtliened by -simply pulling them forward until the loop comes tight against the back cover. This will give sufficient length of pins to be folded down upon theouter cover and is to' have the store clerks and solicitorsem-- ploy order books or tablets in which the account-slips are bound or clamped,any suitable form being serviceable if the leaves be readily removable. `The clerk or solicitor takes the order in duplicate -by means of a carbon-sheet, and then the custoniers individual account is exaiiiinedwitli a view ofascertaining whether lie is delinquent. If the lcustomer owes anything onaecount, the amount of the debt is taken from the last slip placed on his file and entered on the slip containing the new order for goods, and then the amount of the new vorder is added to the balance due on the forinerslip. Then one of these duplicate vorder-slips is sent out with the goods and the other is placed on file on the customers individual account. This is all vthe bookkeeping that is necessary where my'systein is used in an ordinary retail business; and the advantages are that 4tlie state of each custoiners account is shown from informed as to the condition of his account his receiving a yduplicate of every accountslip filed away in his account. Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-' y 1. A bookkeepin` apparatus consisting of a series of frames Iiinged together atvtheir backs and adapted to open out book-like fashion, each frame carrying a series of transverse rods and a series of longitudinal ribs'on .day to day and the customer himself is kept Y its opposite faces, and a series of clamping devices on each rod whereby individual-account books may be clamped in place befaces adapted to temporarily hold a booklike package of account-slips, and adjustable 'means on the frame for engaging tlielower end of the book to assist in holding the book of account-slips in place.

3'. In a bookkeepiiigapparatus, a series of hinged frames 'adapted to o en out book fashion, each frame being divided longitudinally by a series of strips or ribs, a series oftransverse rods mounted in these strips or ribs above thesurface ol' the frame, wire clamping devices on each of these rods and lying in the spaces between the ribs, each clamping device being provided with a stop at its upper end extending toward the face of the frame and against which the upper end of the account book or pad abuts when it is slipped up under -tlie rod, and adjustable sliding sto s on the ribs to engage the lower ends of the ooks or pads, substantially as and for` the., purpose set forth. i

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature,l in the presence of two witnesses, this 6th day of October, 1906.

GEORGE T. PINE.

Witnesses:

L. R. N EvrLLn DAN SAYRE. 

